Exploring the Color #1C3B15

#1C3B15 sits at 109° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 48% saturation and 16% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 28, 59, 21 produces a 12.46:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1C3B15 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 69 units away from #000000. Designers reach for green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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